As a young teen, I hung back in the shadows at parties. It seemed that I alone was never asked to dance. I was too tall, too curly, too dark, too smart… too something. Even though, in retrospect, it was a blessing, nonetheless, the girl I was at that mome...

We make mistakes. And we pay for them, sometimes quite dearly. Does this mean that we should accept that we have, in effect, "lost" a portion of our life? What about someone serving a life sentence in prison?

Chana Question: Why do we often see married couples who yearn for children and would be wonderful parents, yet perpetually suffer from infertility? Contrast this with the many children born to parents who never wanted them or neglect and abuse them -- whe...

The Kabbalistic and Chassidic masters did everything in their power to distance themselves from sadness. They know the secret that happiness is the engine that drives life. In this lesson, we explore some common things that tend to bring us down and what ...